Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’ leaves UP member dead

A union parishad member was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Teknaf upazila early Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Hamid Member alias Dakat Hamid, 45, member from ward-5 of Sadar union parishad and son of late Abul Hashim of Maheshkhalia in the upazila.

According to police, Hamid was accused in 12 cases filed on different charges, including human trafficking, murder, and possessing firearms and drugs.

Pradip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model Police Station, said a police team, led by Sub-inspector Sujit Chandra Dey, conducted a drive in Maheshkhalia area around 3:30pm on Monday and arrested Hamid.

Around 1am, they conducted another drive at Maheshkhalia Noughat along with Hamid to recover firearms and Yaba pills, he said.

When police reached the spot, Hamid’s cohorts opened fire on them forcing them to retaliate which triggered a gunfight, the OC said, adding that he was caught in the line of fire at one stage. 

Hamid was taken to Teknaf Health Complex where doctors referred him to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital for better treatment. 

However, he succumbed to his injuries around 3:40am. 

Three policemen were also injured in the gunfight, Pradip claimed, adding that they recovered 4 LGs and 6,000 Yaba pills from the spot.

Source: unb